Luther said. ( 3 John v 1 - 8 )

 Martin Luther asks this question,'How is God's name hallowed among us?' and his answer is,'When both our life and doctrine are truly Christian'. Our chief end is to glorify God, consider what that mean's for us,Luther writes of life and doctrine, both are a challenge.To be a Christian means a life, that to some degree, is evidence  that we are a Christian,that should mean many things. especially  'Holiness', in 1 Timothy 1 v 9, we read,'He has saved us and called us to a holy life',holiness means separated unto God, and separation from the world.  God must come first in our lives,we must be devoted to Him, and dedicated to Him,each day. When we are baptised we are declaring ,that we have died to self,and are going to live in newness of life.In Exodus  28 and verse 36 we read that Aaron was to wear a pure gold plate,engraved with the following words, 'Holy to the Lord'..May we have these words engraved on our hearts ,and manifest in our lives. Next let us consider what we believe ,our doctrine,we should see this as vital ,we are not to be gullible ,nor ignorant of Gods Word . A.W.Tozer  wrote a book called 'The knowledge of the Holy'.in it he writes about those who have a low view of  God,a low view of God will will not do .We must think right about God ,and we must cultivate a spirit of worship,that means a deep reverence for God, that is one of the meanings of the fear of God. That reverence should include His word, and a concern for any one who would undermine it.,and what it teaches.There are those who blatantly pick and choose what they believe , ignoring those truths that they don't like.It is rightly said, that one can make the Bible say whatever you want it to say. Many are doing this,unfortunately to many,let us who know the Lord ,correctly handle God's word.( 2 Timothy 2 v 15), and may our lives be an example of what a Christian should be. ( Acts 4 v 13 )